Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 97·Makkī

97

أَن وَهُمْ ﴿٩٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 7 roots in 7 of 9 words

Rarest here: ن-و-م — 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 5 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd munfaṣil4
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

9 words · 39 letters · āyah 97 of 206

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 7:4 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ

    And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

  • Quran 26:207 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

    They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.

  • Quran 34:18 · Sabarelated

    وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقُرَى ٱلَّتِى بَٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا قُرًى ظَٰهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا فِيهَا ٱلسَّيْرَ سِيرُوا۟ فِيهَا لَيَالِىَ وَأَيَّامًا ءَامِنِينَ

    And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey, [saying], "Travel between them by…

  • Quran 68:19 · Al-Qalamrelated

    فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

    So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

  • Quran 12:107 · Yusufrelated

    أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَٰشِيَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Then do they feel secure that there will not come to them an overwhelming [aspect] of the punishment of Allah or that the Hour will not come upon them suddenly while they do not…

  • Quran 51:18 · Adh-Dhaariyatrelated

    وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

    And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-A'raaf 7:985 shared roots

    أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

    ق-ر-يب-أ-سأ-ه-لأ-ت-يأ-م-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:985 shared roots

    أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

    ق-ر-يب-أ-سأ-ه-لأ-ت-يأ-م-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:43 shared roots

    وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ

    ب-ي-تق-ر-يب-أ-س

  • Al-A'raaf 7:43 shared roots

    وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ

    ب-ي-تق-ر-يب-أ-س

  • Al-A'raaf 7:943 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

    ق-ر-يب-أ-سأ-ه-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:943 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

    ق-ر-يب-أ-سأ-ه-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:97?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:97 include Quran 7:4 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 26:207 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 34:18 (Surah Saba), and Quran 68:19 (Surah Al-Qalam). For example, 7:4 reads: “And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 7:97 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:97 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?”

Which surah is verse 7:97 in?

Quran 7:97 is āyah 97 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:97?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:97 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.